BC and Confederation

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BC Archives

Library and Archives Canada 

Vancouver Public Library 

National Portrait Gallery, London

City of Vancouver Archives 

McCord Stewart Museum 

Newberry Library

Wikimedia Commons

Bruce Peel Special Collections, University of Alberta

The Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba

Washington State Library, Washington Digital Newspapers

National Archives and Records Administration

Library of Congress

Royal Academy of Arts, London

State Library of South Queensland

State Library of South Australia

Canadiana

Arca BC

Naval History and Heritage Command Navy Art Collection

Oakland Museum of California

Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Centre at the Boston Public Library

Hathitrust

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

National Army Museum

World Digital Library

University of Connecticut Libraries

Bibliotheque nationale de France

The British Library

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Introduction

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Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-346 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

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Stuart Taylor Wood / Library and Archives Canada / e011537887-064_s1

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William Notman, Fraser Canyon below North Bend, BC, 1887. VIEW-1721, McCord Stewart Museum. 

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Episode 1

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Arthur H. Hider, Mackenzie Urging on His Toil Stricken Comrades, M993.154.15, McCord Stewart Museum Montreal 

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© John Harvey 2005, Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land, used under CC BY-SA 3.0

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Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. 1989-401-1 / e011153912

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Probably George Vancouver, by Unknown artist, oil on canvas, circa 1796-1798?, 43 1/4 in. x 33 1/2 in. (1099 mm x 851 mm), Purchased, 1878, Primary Collection, NPG 503, link

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Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1990-329-1

Unknown / Dame E. Rowley collection / Library and Archives Canada / C-003316

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Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1981-55-75 Bushnell Collection

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Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3477 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-346 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

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Courtesy of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Richard Grenville Collection, “Map of British North America Drawn by J. Arrowsmith. On this Map the Possessions of the Hudson’s Bay Company in virtue of the Charter granted to them by King Charles the Second are colored Green — The other British Territories Pink & those of Russia Yellow.”, 1863, E.121/1 fo. 39

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Richard Harrington / Library and Archives Canada / PA-114654

Jack R. Wrathall / Library and Archives Canada / PA-095772

C.S. MacDonald / Library and Archives Canada / PA-019679

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Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1969-4-31

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Library and Archives Canada /C-005389

Stuart Taylor Wood / Library and Archives Canada / e011537887-065_s1

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3470 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

Library and Archives Canada / National Film Board fonds / e011175726

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National Museum of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013489

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Episode 2

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E.R. Faribault / Library and Archives Canada / PA-045564

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Image courtesy of the Washington State Library, Washington Digital Newspapers 

Image 111-SC-93032 courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration 

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Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3470, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

Stuart Taylor Wood / Library and Archives Canada / e011537887-065_s1

J.B. Tyrrell / Library and Archives Canada / PA-050927

Image D-06815 courtesy of the BC Archives

Library and Archives Canada /C-005389

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C.M. Bell Studio Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 

C.M. Bell Studio Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C. 

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Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 97507547

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Sir George Gilbert Scott RA, Design for government offices, Whitehall, Westminster, London: perspective of gothic scheme, view of Foreign and India Offices from St James’s Park, c.1858.  Pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 838 mm x 1727 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

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Episode 3

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E.R. Faribault / Library and Archives Canada / PA-045564

J.B. Tyrrell / Library and Archives Canada / PA-050927

Library and Archives Canada / National Film Board fonds / e011175726

National Museum of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013489

National Museum of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013493

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton by Henry William Pickersgill, oil on canvas, circa 183, 36 in. x 28 1/8 in., (914 mm x 715 mm), Purchased, 1900, Primary Collection, NPG 1277, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, albumen carte-de-visite, 1862, 3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (90 mm x 57 mm) image size, Purchased, 1959, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax17859, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

City of Vancouver Archives, AM1594-: MAP 2

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William Notman, Hells Gate, on the Thompson River, BC, 1871, 1871, I-69926.1, McCord Stewart Museum 

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Episode 4

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Sir George Gilbert Scott RA, Design for government offices, Whitehall, Westminster, London: perspective of gothic scheme, view of Foreign and India Offices from St James’s Park, c.1858.  Pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 838 mm x 1727 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

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Episode 5

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J.B. Tyrrell / Library and Archives Canada / PA-050927

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National Museum of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013489

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Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 

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James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

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Library and Archives Canada/C-005389

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Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Richard Grenville Collection, “Map of British North America Drawn by J. Arrowsmith. On this Map the Possessions of the Hudson’s Bay Company in virtue of the Charter granted to them by King Charles the Second are colored Green — The other British Territories Pink & those of Russia Yellow.”, 1863, E.121/1 fo. 39

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Episode 6

Library and Archives Canada / PA-091061

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Marshall, John G. On the Proposed Confederation of the British North American Provinces. London: Unknown Publisher, 1866. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m04j09w0dn1t.

Monck, Charles Stanley (Britain. Colonial Office). Correspondence relative to a meeting at Quebec of delegates appointed to discuss the proposed union of the British North American provinces : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 7th February 1865. London : G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1865. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m07h1dj58m43

Image © Adam Cuerden (Original Image courtesy of the Library of Congress: Thure de Thulstrup (Artist), Prang, (L.) & Co. (Publisher). Battle of Gettysburg. May 16, 1887. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.)  

Kurz & Allison (Chicago), publisher. Battle of Franklin. November 30, 1864 – Union (Gen. Schofield) … (Conf. Gen. Hood). 1891. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. 

Gast, John (Published by George A. Crofutt). American Progress. ca. 1873. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. 

Cancelled check in the amount of $7.2 million, for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group 217; National Archives and Records Administration 

Czar’s Ratification of the Alaska Purchase Treaty, June 20th, 1867; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; Perfected Treaties Series; National Archives and Records Administration 

Sir George Gilbert Scott RA, Design for government offices, Whitehall, Westminster, London: perspective of gothic scheme, view of Foreign and India Offices from St James’s Park, c.1858.  Pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 838 mm x 1727 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Elihu Spencer / Library and Archives Canada/PA-022415

Jules-Ernest Livernois/Library and Archives Canada / C-016588

James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025472

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / C-005329

William Ellisson / Canada. Library of Parliament / Library and Archives Canada / C-005331

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026375

W.J. Moore / Library and Archives Canada / C-021595

Library and Archives Canada / National Film Board fonds / e011177018

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-176 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana

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Great Britain. British Columbia.Appendix to the revised statutes of British Columbia 1871 : containing certain repealed colonial laws useful for reference, Imperial statutes affecting British Columbia, proclamations, &c. Victoria [B.C.]: R. Wolfenden, ca. 1871. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0w08w95102d

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Jules-Ernest Livernois / Library and Archives Canada / C-016588

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Episode 7

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D.A. McLaughlin / Library and Archives Canada / C-003913

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Cancelled check in the amount of $7.2 million, for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group 217; National Archives and Records Administration 

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Image © Adam Cuerden (Original Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.)  

Czar’s Ratification of the Alaska Purchase Treaty, June 20th, 1867; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; Perfected Treaties Series; National Archives and Records Administration 

Library and Archives Canada / e011853470_s1

Robert James Manion / Library and Archives Canada / PA-022410

Great Britain, Colonial Office. British Columbia, &c. : papers on the union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada. London : HMSO, 1869. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m01c1td9n80s

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Episode 8

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James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, HABS, HABS CAL, 38-SAN FRA, 55- 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., 2006676674

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Library and Archives Canada / National Film Board fonds / e011175726

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., 90715988

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State Library of South Australia, B 8252

State Library of South Australia, B 7774 

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Image © Adam Cuerden (Original Image courtesy of the Library of Congress: Thure de Thulstrup (Artist), Prang, (L.) & Co. (Publisher). Battle of Gettysburg. May 16, 1887. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.)  

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Episode 9

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C. 

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Sir George Gilbert Scott RA, Design for government offices, Whitehall, Westminster, London: perspective of gothic scheme, view of Foreign and India Offices from St James’s Park, c.1858.  Pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 838 mm x 1727 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 

Image A-03459 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

Image 64-S-H-6 courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 

Image 165-SB-7 courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration 

Image courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command Navy Art Collection 

Image courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command Navy Art Collection 

CM/W53 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Daguerreotype Collection (Library of Congress), David D. Porter Family Papers 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., 2006676674

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., 90715988

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division 


Cancelled check in the amount of $7.2 million, for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group 217; National Archives and Records Administration 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 

Library and Archives Canada / e011853470_s1

Image 165-C-630 courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration 

Image I-55540 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-55726 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-55103 courtesy of the BC Archives 

National Museum of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013493

Library and Archives Canada / C-005389

Library of Congress, Geography and Maps Division 

Image A-00934 courtesy of the BC Archives 

CM/B1523 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image 64-S-H-6 courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration 

Image A-00903 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image a-01752 courtesy of the BC Archives 

State Library of South Australia, B 7774 

Image A-02559 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-00821 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Evans, Elwood. The Re-Annexation of British Columbia to the United States : Right, Proper and Desirable : An Address.Olympia, W.T.: Unknown Publisher, ca. 1870. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0hq3rv0hb3s

Image C-06116 courtesy of the BC Archives

Image A-01222 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-05497 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells, stipple engraving, 1881 or after, 12 in. x 9 in. (304 mm x 228 mm) plate size; 22 1/4 in. x 14 7/8 in. (565 mm x 379 mm) paper size, Given by Grillion’s Club, 1903, Reference Collection, NPG D20727, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Image A-02282 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01161 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, HABS, HABS CAL, 38-SANFRA, 85-

United States Congress House. A Bill for the admission of the states of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada East and Canada West, and for the organization of the Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and Columbia : July 2, 1866, read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. S.I.: Unknown Publisher, ca. 1866. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0nc5s75bm53

F. Heisterman to the President of the United States of America, petition 361-363, November 1869, November 16-30, 1869, M719: Miscellaneous Letters of the Department of State, 1789-1916, Letters Received, RG 59: General Records of the Department of State, U.S. National Archives, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/153142318?objectPage=361

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., 00652563

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-BH826- 3703

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image D-09039 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-07071 courtesy of the BC Archives 

William Ellisson / Canada. Library of Parliament / Library and Archives Canada / C-005331

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image H69.459.2030 courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California Collections 

Episode 10

Image H69.459.2030 courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California Collections 

CM/B1523 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-56124 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-04220 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image A-04736 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library and Archives Canada / National Film Board fonds / e011177018

Library and Archives Canada / C-005327

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026375

Lancefield Abell Co. / Library and Archives Canada / C-0000690

Reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library 

Great Britain. British Columbia.Appendix to the revised statutes of British Columbia 1871 : containing certain repealed colonial laws useful for reference, Imperial statutes affecting British Columbia, proclamations, &c.Victoria [B.C.]: R. Wolfenden, ca. 1871. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0w08w95102d

Image courtesy of HathiTrust (Original from the University of Michigan) 

Image B-02714 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-07981 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-08341 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-08521 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Green, W. S. Sebright, British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Debate on the subject of confederation with Canada. Victoria, B.C.: Government Printing Office, ca. 1870. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0x921c1zg5m.

Image D-01536 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-00801 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-04098 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-55171 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-00801 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-06745 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library and Archives Canada / PA-091061

Image F-07876 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01752 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Canada Dept. of the Secretary of StateCorrespondence respecting the North-West Territory including British Columbia. Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company, ca. 1868. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0c824b31w92.

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025397

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image C-09025 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02844 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01351 Courtesy of the BC Archives 

MS-0055.4.31.57-77 courtesy of the BC Archives 

GR-1069.I.171.2 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Legislative Council of British Columbia. Journals of the Legislative Council of British Columbia from … December, 1868 … March, 1869, in the 32nd year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria : being the sixth session of the Legislative Council of British Columbia : 1868/69. Victoria, B.C.: Government Printing Office, 1869. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0xd0qr4q63b.

Confederate League. [Declaration, constitution, list of officers of the Confederate League]. Victoria, B.C.: Unknown Publisher, ca. 1868. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0js9h41pd1r.

Image B-01965 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01990 courtesy of the BC Archives 

GR-0674.3.5.13 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-01184 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-04793 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Image A-02562 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-04011 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-59891 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Canadian Red Ensign, image created by The CSOTK, used under CC BY-SA 4.0

 James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

Episode 11

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., 2010649223

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., 00650779

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., 2004672783

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., 97507547

Lijenquist Family Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-89021

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division 

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Collection, HABS, HABS CAL, 49-FORO,1-

Coloured photogravure after Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927), published by Henry Greaves and Co, London, 1895. Link © National Army Museum, used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 

Oil on canvas by Godfrey Douglas Giles (1857-1941), 1897. Courtesy of the National Army Museum. 

Engraving by W Ridgway after Harden Sidney Melville (fl 1837-1882), a plate from Edward Henry Nolan’s ‘The History of the War against Russia’, London (1857). Courtesy of the National Army Museum.

Oil on canvas, by Thomas Jones Barker (1815-1882), 1860 (c). Courtesy of the National Army Museum. 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., LC-USZ62-61346

Coloured reproduction of an oil painting by Robert Gibb, 1881. Courtesy of the National War Museum. 

Czar’s Ratification of the Alaska Purchase Treaty, June 20th, 1867; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; Perfected Treaties Series; National Archives and Records Administration 

Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire, National Library of Russia, World Digital Library 

Image F-02769 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Cancelled check in the amount of $7.2 million, for the purchase of Alaska, issued August 1, 1868; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group 217; National Archives and Records Administration 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image D-05920 courtesy of the BC Archives 

CM/B1523 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02999 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image C-06123 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image J-00820 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-05017 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-05955 courtesy of the BC Archives 

National Museum of Canada / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013489

Image E-04418 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image H-00263 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image C-03825 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02799 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Unknown / Dame E. Rowley collection / Library and Archives Canada / C-003316

Image 6354 courtesy of the Vancouver Public Library

Image A-04353 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP01892 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ds-04865

Image A-03754 courtesy of the BC Archives 

James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

Episode 12

Image D-08485 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-00779 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-08504 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image E-01924 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-07981 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01759 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01559 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-05497 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03931 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-09400 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-08065 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., 2006676674

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., 90715988

Image C-09025 courtesy of the BC Archives  

Image A-01224 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Canada Dept. of the Secretary of StateCorrespondence respecting the North-West Territory including British Columbia. Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company, ca. 1868. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0c824b31w92.

Image PDP02241 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-06540 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03615 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP01885 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-04597 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-03704 courtesy of the BC Archives 

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / C-011351

Image A-01942 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03599 courtesy of the BC Archives 

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025397

Image A-03585 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03584 courtesy of the BC Archives 

MS-0055.4.31.57-77 courtesy of the BC Archives

MS-1112.9 courtesy of the BC Archives  

Image A-02559 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03872 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image E-01935 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01752 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-08341 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01751 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Great Britain, Colonial Office. British Columbia, &c. : papers on the union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada. London: HMSO, 1869. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m01c1td9n80s

Image G-01184 courtesy of the BC Archives 

MS-0055.4.31 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP00464 courtesy of the BC Archives 

James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

Image F-08521 courtesy of the BC Archives 

State Library of South Australia, B 7774 

State Library of South Australia, B 8252

Image B-05514 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-55787 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Episode 13

Image A-01750 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-00806 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01753 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-03943 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03015 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-00843 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03330 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-00355 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-03566 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02998 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Sir George Gilbert Scott RA, Design for government offices, Whitehall, Westminster, London: perspective of gothic scheme, view of Foreign and India Offices from St James’s Park, c.1858.  Pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 838 mm x 1727 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. 

Topley Studio Fonds / Library and Archives Canada / PA-011325

Image B-03619 courtesy of the BC Archives 

W.J. Moore / Library and Archives Canada / C-021595

Image C-06116 courtesy of the BC Archives 

GR-0674.3.5.13 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP01892 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-09371 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02559 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP00176 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01356 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-02847 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image C-09025 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01717 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-00785 courtesy of the BC Archives

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image A-03383 courtesy of the BC Archives  

Image A-02802 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Great Britain, Colonial Office. British Columbia, &c.: Papers on the Union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada. London: HMSO, 1869. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m01c1td9n80s

Library and Archives Canada / e008311396

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image G-01184 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image J-04536 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01752 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-08565 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01666 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-00724 courtesy of the BC Archives 

MS-3580 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons (University of Connecticut Libraries) 

Image I-55155 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-59891 coutesy of the BC Archives 

Image J-04152 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-08521 courtesy of the BC Archives 

GR-1372.F1588 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-08340 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Canadian Red Ensign, image created by The CSOTK, used under CC BY-SA 4.0

Image A-08341 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Episode 14

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons (Original Source

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1865, 3 5/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (91 mm x 60 mm) image size, Given by Algernon Graves, 1916, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax11975, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., LC-DIG-ds-04865

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, albumen carte-de-visite, 1861, 3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (88 mm x 58 mm) image size, Given by Algernon Graves, 1916, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax29965, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Coloured reproduction of an oil painting by Robert Gibb, 1881. Courtesy of the National War Museum. 

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, by Elliott & Fry, albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1867, 3 5/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (92 mm x 58 mm) image size, Given by House of Commons Library, 1986, Photographs Collection, NPG x27757, link© National Portrait Gallery, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., LC-DIG-pga-02581

Sir George Gilbert Scott RA, Design for government offices, Whitehall, Westminster, London: perspective of gothic scheme, view of Foreign and India Offices from St James’s Park, c.1858.  Pen with black ink, coloured washes and gouache. 838 mm x 1727 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, albumen carte-de-visite on card mount, early 1860s, 3 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (86 mm x 56 mm) image size, Given by Dugald Sutherland MacColl, 1930, Photographs Collection, NPG x15128, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, by Graham Vivian, salt print, 1858, 7 in. x 4 7/8 in. (179 mm x 124 mm) oval, Purchased, 1980, Primary Collection, NPG P152, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 

William Notman, Hells Gate, on the Thompson River, BC, 1871, 1871, I-69926.1, McCord Stewart Museum 

Image D-01476 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-08996 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image J-07909 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Boorne and May / Library and Archives Canada / Ernest Brown fonds / e011303100-017_s2

Image I-66519 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-08294 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1989-446-32

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image PDP00279 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP03696 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., LC-DIG-pga-01852

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Richard Grenville Collection, “Map of British North America Drawn by J. Arrowsmith. On this Map the Possessions of the Hudson’s Bay Company in virtue of the Charter granted to them by King Charles the Second are colored Green — The other British Territories Pink & those of Russia Yellow.”, 1863, E.121/1 fo. 39

Image 111-AG-1(37) courtesy of the National Records and Archives Administration

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Brady-Handy Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-34760

Library and Archives Canada/C-005327

Elliott and Fry / Library and Archives Canada / C-010109

Hunter & Co. / Library and Archives Canada / C-009558

Image courtesy of HathiTrust (Original from the University of Michigan) 

Hunter & Co. / Library and Archives Canada / C-009553

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R1300-360

Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell, by John Watkins, albumen print, 1860s, 3 3/8in. x 2 5/8in. (87 mm x 67 mm), Acquired, before 1970, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax21846, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

State Library of South Australia, B 7774 

Image A-01752 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

William Ewart Gladstone, by Maull & Polyblank, albumen print, arched top, 3 August 1857, 7 7/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (200 mm x 147 mm) image size, Acquired, before 1938-04, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax7273, link © National Portrait Gallery, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, by John & Charles Watkins, albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s, 3 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (87 mm x 58 mm) image size, Purchased, 1959, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax17860, link © National Portrait Gallery, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Episode 15

State Library of South Australia, B 2141 

Image G-05987 courtesy of BC Archives 

Palace of Westminster, Image via Wikimedia commons, Unknown photographer, scanned by Leonard Bentley, used under CC BY-SA 2.0

Image A-08340 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 

State Library of South Australia, B 7774

Image A-00934 courtesy of the BC Archives 

State Library of South Australia, B 8252 

State Library of South Australia, B 5979 

“A Cosmopolitan”. Has the country been sold?: A Letter to the Electors of Nova Scotia, in Which Certain People and Pamphlets are Reviewed and Certain Facts and Arguments Stated. Halifax, N.S.: Unknown Publisher, 1867. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0p26pz55g3w

Image A-04762 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-09139 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Richard Grenville Collection, “Map of British North America Drawn by J. Arrowsmith. On this Map the Possessions of the Hudson’s Bay Company in virtue of the Charter granted to them by King Charles the Second are colored Green — The other British Territories Pink & those of Russia Yellow.”, 1863, E.121/1 fo. 39

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-346 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1990-329-1

Image A-04353 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image J-02997 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01750 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01752 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, by John & Charles Watkins, albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s, 3 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (87 mm x 58 mm) image size, Purchased, 1959, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax17860, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Image A-00843 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image J-02995 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-06738 courtesy of the BC Archives 

GR-0674.3.5.13 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-09371 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01717 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01718 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01224 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01222 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026367 

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026366

Image A-02559 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image E-01798 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-08702 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-55103 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-04662 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, by John Watkins, albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s, 3 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (83 mm x 58 mm) image size, Purchased, 1959, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax17731, link©  National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France 

Image A-04613 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Green, W.S. Sebright, British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Debate on the subject of confederation with Canada. Victoria, B.C.: Government Printing Office, ca. 1870. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0x921c1zg5m

Professor Oliver B. Buell / Library and Archives Canada / Sir William Van Horne fonds / e011313990

Image C-00618 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image C-06178 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-04511 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-05955 courtesy of the BC Archives

CM/B1523 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Legislative Council of British Columbia. Journals of the Legislative Council of British Columbia from … December, 1868 … March, 1869, in the 32nd year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria : being the sixth session of the Legislative Council of British Columbia : 1868/69. Victoria, B.C.: Government Printing Press, 1869. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0xd0qr4q63b.

State Library of South Australia, B 27293 

Image A-02818 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Episode 16

Image A-02818 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

State Library of South Australia, B 2141

Image B-05512 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Palace of Westminster, Image via Wikimedia commons, Unknown photographer, scanned by Leonard Bentley, used under CC BY-SA 2.0

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C., 93500718

Image A-04613 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-02769 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-08341 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Green, W.S. Sebright, British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Debate on the subject of confederation with Canada. Victoria, B.C.: Government Printing Office, ca. 1870. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0x921c1zg5m

Image A-04988 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02559 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-03113 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-61352 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Brady-Handy Collection

Image A-00843 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-00029 courtesy of the BC Archives 

MS-0055.4.31 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-04762 courtesy of the BC Archives 

State Library of South Australia, B 27293

Image A-01718 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image F-07698 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-00821 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-00730 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image B-09371 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-09139 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image PDP02241 courtesy of the BC Archives 

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025397

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026367

GR-0674.3.5.13 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-08555 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-08062 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-02577 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image J-07909 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image D-08208 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image Courtesy of Bruce Peel Special Collections, University of Alberta

Image A-01216 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division 

Image A-08291 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-03547 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-00898 courtesy of the BC Archives 

William Ellisson / Canada. Library of Parliament / Library and Archives Canada / C-005331

Image E-04418 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-00934 courtesy of the BC Archives 

State Library of South Australia, B 8252 

Image A-03931 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image H-03092 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons (Canadian Copyright Collection at the British Library) 

Image A-02841 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image G-08039 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01874 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01376 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Legislative Council of British Columbia. Journals of the Legislative Council of British Columbia from … February … April, 1870, in the 33rd year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria : being the seventh session of the Legislative Council of British Columbia : 1870. Victoria, B.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m05x25b00873.

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Canadian Red Ensign, image created by The CSOTK, used under CC BY-SA 4.0

Image D-00477 courtesy of the BC Archives 

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Episode 17

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Image 6354 courtesy of the Vancouver Public Library 

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Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Archives of Manitoba, Richard Grenville Collection, “Map of British North America Drawn by J. Arrowsmith. On this Map the Possessions of the Hudson’s Bay Company in virtue of the Charter granted to them by King Charles the Second are colored Green — The other British Territories Pink & those of Russia Yellow.”, 1863, E.121/1 fo. 39

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Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, HABS, HABS CAL, 38-SANFRA, 85-

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., 90715988

The Evening Telegraph. Volume VII No. 104 (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 07 May 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Originally from Penn State University Libraries. 

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Image 203 courtesy of Arca BC 

Samuel McLaughlin / Library and Archives Canada / C-000610

William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-009260

 Library and Archives Canada / C-000494

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William Ellisson / Canada. Library of Parliament / Library and Archives Canada / C-005331

James Ashfield (Royal Studio) / Library and Archives Canada / C-002149

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Reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library 

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / C-005329

William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-013008

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-183 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

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Library and Archives Canada / National Film Board fonds / e011175726

E.R. Faribault / Library and Archives Canada / PA-045564

Image H-00263 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Library and Archives Canada/C-005327

Robert James Manion / Library and Archives Canada / PA-022410

Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / PA-043757

Notman & Son / Library and Archives Canada / C-02162

Image 64-S-H-6 courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration 

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Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025472

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D.A. McLaughlin / Library and Archives Canada / C-003913

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / a012298

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Notman / Library and Archives Canada / PA-74102

Episode 18

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Robert James Manion / Library and Archives Canada / PA-022410

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Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

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Palace of Westminster, Image via Wikimedia commons, Unknown photographer, scanned by Leonard Bentley, used under CC BY-SA 2.0

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Great Britain. Appendix to the revised statutes of British Columbia 1871 : containing certain repealed colonial laws useful for reference, Imperial statutes affecting British Columbia, proclamations, &c. Victoria, B.C.: R. Wolfenden, Government Printing Office, ca. 1871. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0w08w95102d

Queen Victoria, by Southwell Brothers, albumen carte-de-visite, 1864, 3 1/2 in. x 2 3/8 in. (88 mm x 59 mm) image size, Given by Terence Pepper, 2010, Photographs Collection, NPG x134190, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025343

Library and Archives Canada / C-021604

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / a012298

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026375

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Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / PA-043757

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Image 235 courtesy of Arca BC 

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Image courtesy of the Bruce Peel Special Collections, University of Alberta 

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Image 1746 courtesy of Arca BC 

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Image 19976 courtesy of Arca BC 

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Episode 19

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Image A-01356 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-08291 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01142 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image ZZ-95341 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image 14253 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Robert James Manion / Library and Archives Canada / PA-022410

MS-0055.4.31 courtesy of the BC Archives 

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Image J-00820 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-33553 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image C-00539 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image courtesy of Library and Archives Canada 

Image A-03574 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Palace of Westminster, Image via Wikimedia commons, Unknown photographer, scanned by Leonard Bentley, used under CC BY-SA 2.0

Image D-09139 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Great Britain. Appendix to the revised statutes of British Columbia 1871 : containing certain repealed colonial laws useful for reference, Imperial statutes affecting British Columbia, proclamations, &c. Victoria, B.C.: R. Wolfenden, Government Printing Office, ca. 1871. Canadiana, https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0w08w95102d

Queen Victoria, by Southwell Brothers, albumen carte-de-visite, 1864, 3 1/2 in. x 2 3/8 in. (88 mm x 59 mm) image size, Given by Terence Pepper, 2010, Photographs Collection, NPG x134190, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / PA-025343

Library and Archives Canada / C-021604

William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / a012298

Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada / PA-026375

Image D-08555 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-59891 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / PA-043757

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Image D-01439 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image 235 courtesy of Arca BC 

Image A-02998 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image A-01666 courtesy of the BC Archives 

Image I-62255 courtesy of the BC Archives 

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Image courtesy of the Bruce Peel Special Collections, University of Alberta 

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Image 1746 courtesy of Arca BC 

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GR-0674.3.5.13 courtesy of the BC Archives 

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Image 19976 courtesy of Arca BC 

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Episode 20

Library and Archives Canada/C-005327

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The Cariboo Sentinel, June 1871, courtesy of the BC Archives 

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William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / a012298

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Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e011175726

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William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-009260

Image courtesy of HathiTrust (Original from the University of Michigan) 

Arthur H. Hider, Mackenzie Urging on His Toil Stricken Comrades, M993.154.15, McCord Stewart Museum Montreal 

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Richard Harrington / Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development / Library & Archives Canada / e010934205-v8

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., LC-DIG-pga-02583

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., LC-USZ62-21907

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1865, 3 5/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (91 mm x 60 mm) image size, Given by Algernon Graves, 1916, Photographs Collection, NPG Ax11975, link © National Portrait Gallery, London, used under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washinton, D.C., LC-DIG-ds-04865

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Image 14253 courtesy of Arca BC 

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